Our Classic Cars 

The origins of the Rolls Royce Motor Car go back 100 years, to a meeting on the 4th May 1904 between Frederick Henry Royce and the Honorable Charles Stewart Rolls.

The former was an engineer that wanted to create the best motorcar in the world. The latter was a well connected salesman who wanted to sell the best motorcar in the world. Together they were to create Rolls Royce.

An early advert for the company carried the testimonial from an owner 'I may say my car is a perfect dream. It is so reliable that I have done away with my carriages and horses'.

1884

Rolls-Royce grew from the electrical and mechanical business established by Henry Royce in 1884. Royce built his first motor car in 1904 and in May of that year met Charles Rolls, whose company sold quality cars in London. Agreement was reached that Royce Limited would manufacture a range of cars to be exclusively sold by CS Rolls & Co – they were to bear the name Rolls-Royce.

1906

Success with the cars led to the formation of the Rolls-Royce company in March 1906 and to the launch of the six-cylinder Silver Ghost which, within a year, was hailed as 'the best car in the world'